"9-11" - The Last Struggle When I was a young girl I often heard a song called “International Song” which was very popular during Chinese Cultural Revolution. The song introduced a concept called “The Last Struggle” which referred to the “struggle” between the “working class” and the “capitalists”. However I believe that is not The Last Struggle of mankind; rather it is the battle of making a choice between hatred and love, war and peace, revenge and forgiveness. The Last Struggle is about whether mankind can move forward towards the brightness or remain tracked within the circle of darkness.
I wrote an article eight years ago when I was still struggling with my English; I wrote it shortly after “9-11”. Throughout these eight years I have seen more wars, revenges and terrorist attacks and the Meddle East situation remains the same.
This article is simply to show another form of power and strength. I post this eight-year-old article today as my special way of remembering the “9-11”, tenderly. I believe that for those who are living on the other side, there is no hatred anymore. If I could see them face to face today, they would peacefully applaud these ideas. I deeply believe this.
Here it is ------
The Crossroad
When I am standing in front of the ruins of ‘11’, I am standing before a big crossroad – there has never been a crossroad that is bigger and more critical than this one.
I don’t know if everything happens for a reason; but I know this one did and different people explain the reason differently. Isn’t it the time for human being to have a closer understand of why this happened? There are sounds of revenge; but listen to the sound that is still echoing beneath the big ‘11’. I only hear the word: LOVE. It tells me which way to go on this crossroad. It tells me that even God had faced the very same crossroad when mankind became so sinful – To punish or to forgive. God has chosen the second one. He made the second choice by sending us Jesus Christ. Jesus has been here to guide us to take a road of love, forgiveness and peace.
When I look at the Cross, I know that it takes more courage, wisdom and strength to love and forgive than to hate and revenge because the former seems to be conflict with our short desire; for it could be painful and requires sacrifice. I believe in the United States of America because I believe in God. This is a country that declares its trust on God on every single penny. This is a country that has the power, energy, strength and spirit to carry out God’s will – with total love, forgiveness and peace to unite the entire mankind. That is the future of freedom, happiness and prosperity of this world. God is watching us. God is watching over the United State of America. We are leaders of the world, aren’t we? What direction are we going to lead the world? What inheritance are we leaving for our children? If you think LOVE and forgiveness are meaningless you are deadly wrong. LOVE and forgiveness mean everything to this world. It is the world’s ultimate righteousness and harmony. It is human being’s true nature God had given to us. It is what makes this world beautiful, meaningful and worth of existing. What makes us safer? What makes the world safer? The power of missile or the power of LOVE? This world may still have devils. We may still need to fight them. But make sure we don’t step into the same path that devil takes. When the world is with us or when we are with the world, the only one that is in danger is devil itself. The choice is ours. God had given us the freedom of choice. God may not punish for what we pick, but ourselves will do and the punishment could be fatal.
Forgive and be forgiven; give and be given; be humble and be proud of. If God is with us, who can be against us? “9-11”--- 這是最後的鬥爭
八年前，“9-11”爆發後，美國國內復仇聲浪驟起，戰爭在即。我看到，美國面前有兩種選擇，世界面前有兩條路。出於一種模糊的使命感，英文並不十分靈光的我寫了一篇英文稿，投給了某報紙。文章闡述自省、責任、寬恕、仁愛以及它們與和平的關聯，呼籲摒棄以暴制暴，冤冤相報。
報紙沒有回覆，稿子也沒有見報。很快，我看到了阿富汗戰爭。接着是延續數年勞民傷財的伊拉克戰爭。“9-11”導致了近三千平民的死亡；而光是伊拉克戰爭，平民死亡就數倍於此。這一切，還遠不是結局，“9-11”以來，美國復仇之後，更廣泛的恐怖活動接踵而至。布希的邏輯是：先發制人，根除恐怖。結果，恐怖襲擊根除了沒有呢？以阿問題解決了沒有呢？
沒有，也不可能有。因為對人類的和諧而言，暴力從來都不是路，不是選擇。
也是在那一年，我寫下了自己最長的一首詩：《劫後之魂》。詩中的主角是一位在“9-11”事件中為救孩子而獻身的姑娘。詩歌以姑娘幾生幾世的經歷，暴力的，情愛的經歷，訴說了人類對仁愛與和平的渴望和追求。姑娘升到天上後見到神，詩以神的口吻寫道：
“基督元年，我為人
也為我自己
做了最後的選擇：
愛和寬恕，
它就像我的心靈
超越了我的法理，
它將是人間的終極正義。” 正義，最終靠的是愛，而不是暴力。這就是我的信念和邏輯。 儘管如此，八年前的我，還沒有從人類歷史命運的高度看到問題的危機程度。直到前不久，一個偶然的契機，才使我對這個問題有了空前的認識。我寫下了《七秋孤獨，我對博愛的胡思亂想》這篇散文。
記得小時候常唱《國際歌》。“這是最後的鬥爭”是國際歌里的一句。
記得韓劇《綠薔薇》裡母親對復仇火烈的兒子說：原諒他吧！
記得聖經里的話：愛你的敵人。
從人類歷史命運的高度上看，這最後的鬥爭是什麼呢？它不是什麼資本主義和共產主義之爭；這最後的鬥爭，乃是人類在恨與愛、戰爭與和平、報復與寬恕之間的選擇。前者使人類困頓在仇恨的黑暗魔圈裡；只有後者，能夠真正使人類跳出魔障，走向光明。 八年後的今天，我公開自己當年“莽撞”的英文稿件 (文詞略有修改)。胡思亂想也好，千年孤獨也罷，我堅信暴力是死亡谷；惟有溝通、理解、寬恕、互愛能澆開人間和諧美好的綠洲。我堅信，生命彼岸的靈魂，再也沒有了怨恨，有的只是安詳。如若他們能和我們交流，那麼他們一定會為我的投稿鼓掌。因為愛，給我們共同的孩子們未來，我相信。 要多久…才能認識你 九 梅娘怨 要多久…才能認識你 (長篇小說) 十 地角之音 七年漫想
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